Waris
Waris is a Border language spoken in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Waris or Walsa is a Papuan language of northern New Guinea. There are about 2,500 native speakers. It uses the Latin writing system. The language features monophthong, diphthong, and triphthong vowels.
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Words in Waris
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | ungevlirini | |
| person | t3nda* | |
| name | nabae* | |
| eye | nop* | |
| ear | aNku* | |
| nose | lomus* | |
| tooth | lelo* | |
| tongue | minde* | |
| hand | eNg3la* | |
| blood | towol* | |
| bone | k3l* | |
| skin | towol* | |
| breast | tEt* | |
| water | po | |
| fire | sue* | |
| sun | okumba* | |
| star | tae* | |
| stone | hon* | |
| mountain | ola* | |
| tree | ti* | |
| leaf | w3liEi* | |
| night | sinim* | |
| dog | unde* | |
| fish | tambukua* | |
| louse | ku* | |
| one | muNas3l* | |
| two | sambla* | |
| I | kE* | |
| you | dieta* | |
| we | pi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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